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  Cameron, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  shining, 
  almost 
  glabrous 
  ; 
  the 
  metanotum 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  is 
  broadly 
  yellow 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  post-scutellum 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  foveas 
  at 
  

   its 
  base 
  deep. 
  The 
  curved 
  furrow 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   mesosternum 
  is 
  wide, 
  deep, 
  and 
  obscurely 
  crenulated 
  ; 
  

   the 
  mesosternal 
  furrow 
  is 
  smooth. 
  Over 
  the 
  four 
  hinder 
  

   coxae 
  is 
  a 
  narrow 
  curved 
  keel. 
  The 
  stigma 
  and 
  apical 
  

   nervures 
  are 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  

   nervure 
  is 
  faint. 
  The 
  two 
  front 
  legs 
  are 
  entirely 
  pallid 
  

   yellow, 
  as 
  are 
  also 
  the 
  middle 
  pair, 
  but 
  the 
  femora 
  and 
  

   tibiae 
  are 
  darker 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  tarsi 
  are 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   hind 
  legs 
  are 
  black 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  tibiae 
  black 
  all 
  round 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  white 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  

   metatarsus 
  black. 
  Abdomen 
  black, 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   and 
  following 
  segments 
  narrowly 
  lined 
  with 
  white. 
  The 
  

   white 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  metanotum 
  does 
  not 
  

   extend 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  segment, 
  and 
  is 
  square 
  at 
  the 
  

   base, 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  dilated. 
  

  

  Characteristic 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  the 
  black, 
  immaculate 
  

   pleurae 
  and 
  petiole. 
  

  

  Ktha 
  fusciventris, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra 
  ; 
  flavo-maculata 
  ; 
  apice 
  metanoti 
  late 
  maculisque 
  

   pleuralis 
  flavis 
  ; 
  pedibus 
  sordide 
  fulvis, 
  posticis 
  fusco- 
  

   niaculatis, 
  tarsi's 
  albis 
  ; 
  alis 
  hyalinis, 
  stigmate 
  testacco. 
  2 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  12 
  ; 
  terebra 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fla- 
  

   gellum 
  dirty 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  seventh 
  to 
  thirteenth 
  joints 
  

   clear 
  white; 
  head 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  face, 
  clypeus, 
  labrum, 
  

   mandibles 
  (except 
  their 
  teeth), 
  palpi, 
  the 
  inner 
  orbits 
  

   narrowly 
  from 
  the 
  front 
  ocellus 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   antennae, 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  orbits 
  broadly 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  half, 
  

   yellow. 
  The 
  face 
  punctured, 
  strongly 
  and 
  more 
  closely 
  

   on 
  the 
  middle, 
  which 
  is 
  roundly 
  projecting 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  

  

  